Abstract

Key findings:
The evidence reviewed indicates the importance of a mix of combined
interventions which work to change institutions. Evidence suggests the
following interventions:

resource interventions to support girls' education (eg. conditional
cash transfers or in-kind support) depend on careful targeting of
students most unlikely to attend school. Complementary in-kind health
interventions can enhance enrolment and may result in learning gains
for girls and boys.

infra-structural interventions (eg.sanitation, school building)
improve enrolment and potentially learning but more research is needed
to show how.

interventions to shift gender norms are under-researched. Girls'
clubs, engaging faith communities, working with boys, and strategies
to include marginalised women in decision-making appear promising.

The relationship between the expansion of girls' education, social
change and empowerment is under-researched. A key finding concerns the
importance of understanding contexts at local, national and global
levels including the climate of support for girls' schooling,
complementary legal, regulatory and security frameworks, state capacity
to implement policy and engage in inclusive dialogue.